It's all very annoying ... and ominous. Our main bug bear is the plastic wrap from the bales which could be used as fuel but simply piles up endlessly. The policies seem to make more and more work for us with less and less service from them but with ever rising charges. The whole system is Rubbish! I strongly object to any kind of digital tracking and resent their constant encroachment into every detail of our lives, which almost invariably makes things worse while costing us more. one wonders how such stupid people came to be in charge. Arrogant too.
In Bridgend county borough where I live a no-landfill strategy was implemented some 20 years ago or so. All waste is brought to the Crymlym Burrows site near Swansea were the waste is sorted by a private Portuguese firm. What cannot be recycled is incinerated.
This private company makes a profit in addition to generous subsidises. As a consequence, the cost of our rubbish disposal services were hiked considerably.
I contrast with Prince Edward Island, a small island province of Canada I visit often because I have family there. Here recycling materials is done by local private outfits. You bring them your scrap, they weight it up and they pay you for it. Here everyone makes money by recycling.
Meanwhile in Britain we are paying ever increasing taxes for the 'privilege' to recycle. "Something is rotten in Denmark" should be modernised to "Something is rotten in Britain".
It's all very annoying ... and ominous. Our main bug bear is the plastic wrap from the bales which could be used as fuel but simply piles up endlessly. The policies seem to make more and more work for us with less and less service from them but with ever rising charges. The whole system is Rubbish! I strongly object to any kind of digital tracking and resent their constant encroachment into every detail of our lives, which almost invariably makes things worse while costing us more. one wonders how such stupid people came to be in charge. Arrogant too.
In Bridgend county borough where I live a no-landfill strategy was implemented some 20 years ago or so. All waste is brought to the Crymlym Burrows site near Swansea were the waste is sorted by a private Portuguese firm. What cannot be recycled is incinerated.
This private company makes a profit in addition to generous subsidises. As a consequence, the cost of our rubbish disposal services were hiked considerably.
I contrast with Prince Edward Island, a small island province of Canada I visit often because I have family there. Here recycling materials is done by local private outfits. You bring them your scrap, they weight it up and they pay you for it. Here everyone makes money by recycling.
Meanwhile in Britain we are paying ever increasing taxes for the 'privilege' to recycle. "Something is rotten in Denmark" should be modernised to "Something is rotten in Britain".
Thank you for that information. Very interesting indeed.